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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fourteen through Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The advice that Sacks gives patients, as referenced in #125, has been around since the time of __________, according to the author.
(a) Hippocrates.
(b) Tyrranus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Caesar.

2. How many areas of aural symptoms does Sacks point out to be the case for most patients?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. Another uncommon drug therapy for migraines which has been prescribed by Sacks is _____________.
(a) Downers.
(b) Amphetamines.
(c) Weight loss drugs.
(d) Psychotropics.

4. What may or may not continue as a result of the pain of a migraine increasing or continuing?
(a) Aura.
(b) Nausea.
(c) Movement.
(d) Medication.

5. Physicians, according to Sacks, often make ______ decisions based on impertinent, improper, and irresponsible interpretations.
(a) Hasty.
(b) Correct.
(c) Tactile.
(d) Believable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sacks does think there may be a link between having ________ and cyclical vomiting as a child and migraines.

2. There are some patients that obviously suffer from periodical or causal attacks but that the larger group will defy easy _____________.

3. Symptomatic drugs include _________, according to the treatment methods and history of Sacks.

4. Sacks wants to point out that there are few _________ that have any value in helping with a migraine case.

5. Migraines and seizures are linked on both a _________ and genetic basis, according to Sacks in this book.

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